Apple and the FBI

February 17, 2016

1 min read

Are software companies heroes for resisting law enforcement efforts via court order to access encrypted data on devices like Androids and IPhones?

In 2014, Wired magazine called out FBI Director Jim Comey for being a scare monger for insisting that such data be accessible for criminal investigations. The piece argued that the chances data would be only on an encrypted Android/IPhone alone and not in the cloud was infinitesimally small. Yet, that is precisely the situation with a smart phone connected to one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

I had a spirited discussion with radio host Chip Franklin on this topic. Listen to the interview here:

The federal government's primary job is to keep the nation safe. Under the Constitution, the president has broad power to exclude non-citizens from the country for national security reasons. The judiciary is supposed to defer to the exercise of presidential power in this area. The executive order in Trump v Hawaii is a valid exercise of the president's constitutional and statutory authority that the Supreme Court should uphold. The First Amendment does not limit the president's valid exercise of executive authority in this case. Watch our discussion on Fox News here:video.foxnews.com/v/5774768092001/?#sp=show-clips... See MoreSee Less

About Gayle Trotter

Gayle Trotter is a columnist, political analyst and attorney who regularly appears on TV, such as Fox News Channel, contributes to The Hill, The Daily Caller, Townhall and other well-known political websites, and is a frequent guest on radio shows across the country providing an insider’s view of Washington, DC. Read More